Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-04-13

A carload of seed potatoes at Currie
81 Schmidt's this week. 40
Geppert & Stone sold five corn listers
yesterday before noon.
Prayer meeting at Christian church
every Thursday night.
Pearson & Co. have several frst-class
farms in this county for rent. SO
GRANVILLE Morris is at his store this
week after spell of sickness.
Try alfalfa, the best grass for this
country. Sold by Noble 81 Nixon. 43
Jas. i. Ely is figuring on building
residence on East Kansas Avenue.
Leave orders for ice with Mr.. Ham,
delIveryman, or with a. ID. Jamison. As
For Rent-HOuse of rooms, in north
end of city; SO per month. Inquire at
this office.
Early seed potatoes--a carload lot
received this week By Standiford, You
mans & Eldred. al
10. Burner was down from Mingo-
M yesterday. lie reports considerable
activity in real estate at that place.
An infant child of a Mr.. Thompson,
n brother of Marion Thompson, died
Monday and was buried in Highland
cemetery.
Parties desiring Bronze Turkey eggs,
for 50 per setting, should send orders
at once to Il. f. Witherspoon, Medi-
cine Lodge, Kansas. Al
Quite large serenade party took i'm
the town last Wednesday night, wax
ing up all the inhabitants living be-
tween Coyote gulch and 23d street.
i. +. Pearson Il Co. are arranging a
new record of city real estate sales and
mercantile, real estate and live stock
exchanges. Enter your property in
their records early. ~
y petition is before the commission
ers asking for a new township to be
known as Antelope, TO be composed of
township 80, range II. Its western
boundry will adjoin this city.
Messrs. George II. Dunn, travelling
correspondent of the Shelbyville Times,
and j. G.. Edwards, both of Shelbyville,
Indiana, arrived here Sunday, and left
the next day on a trip to the western
part of the state.
Easter was observed at the Metho-
dist church, in this city, last Sabbath.
The pastor, Rev. Sanderson, preached
the resurrection of Christ. The alter
was filed with beautiful plants, Mrs.
l.. L. hubbard and Mrs. II. Gibson fur
nishing the plants.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Is MA
KING FARM LOANS ON BETTER TERMS
FOR TIE BORROWER THAN CAN BE OF
FERED ELSEWHERE. ALL INTEREST
Is PAYABLE At THEIR OFFICE, THUS
SAVING EXPENSE OF RENTING THE
MONEY. CONSULT YOUR OWN INTEREST
BY CALLING ON THEM BEFORE CON
TRACING FOR A LOAN ON YOUR FARM
Mr.. NJ. V. Sparks. of Oakland, Cali
fornia, who has been visiting his broth
er, II. NJ. Sparks, at this place, left, a
few days ago, TO visit relatives i'm Mis-
souri,. Miss Stella Sparks left, yester-
day, for a short visit TO relatives at Kan
sas City. She will accompany her I'M
Gle on his return to California, where
she will make a protracted visit to her
sister and other relatives.
Hazelton Express, April7: 1.-THE case
of the State of Kansas VS.. Joseph
Brown, for alleged violation of the pro-
hibitory law, came up for trial in
Squire Johnston's court Monday, and a
continuance till Tuesday, and trial
by jury granted. The verdict was mot
guilty." and the defendant discharged
County Attorney Jones for prosecution
and Denton and Overstreet, of Medi-
cine Lodge, for defence"
The three year-old boy of VIM. Thorn
as, who resides south of here six miles,
near the Beyans place, was scalded to
death last Friday afternoon, by falling
in kettle Of hot brine. The water
was being prepared to cure some meat,
and the little one was playing near the
kettle. In some manner, he fell back
ward into the boiling water and was
| fearfully burned from his head to his
waist, and died i'm three hours. Mrs.
Thomas gave birth to child but a few
days before and the terrible death of
her only boy, nearly made her crazy.
The child was buried at this place on
Saturday.
A countryman was in town Friday
and bOugh quite lot of goods. He
left town in the afternoon, and, not
long after gentleman who lives in the
north end of the city, started home.
He had gone but short distance when
he found three packages of coffee. and
a little further on he found a peck of
beans, and little further on he found
other articles. He concluded he had
struck paying vein, and sent boy in
his buggy to follow it up. The boy had
not gone far till he found box of CT
gars, and little further on found a
sack of -four, and after awhile he found
the owner of all the articles, who had
discovered his loss, and was returning
to look them up. The end gate had
come out of his wagon, and the goods
were being strewed all along the road.
At last accounts he had found all ex-
cept box of cigars and a pair of boots.
Last Wednesday night, while all the
family were sound asleep, n pet coon
invaded the house of Judge McCand-
less. Mrs. McCandless was very bad
ly frightened, and thought the animal
was a wild cat or panther. She jump
cd out of bed to open the door, and the
beast followed her around the room so
closely she could not stop long enough
10 Open the door. She finally managed